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| Size | 53.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 17,500 items) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, writings, notebooks, printed materials and notes, audio-visual material, and other items of author and poet Diane Di Prima. Correspondents include Di Prima's friends, family, students, editors, and publishers. Among the letters is an undated postcard from Ezra Pound. Topics include Di Prima's writings, comments on works submitted for editing by Di Prima, family activities, and Di Prima's health, among other matters. There are also notebooks in which Di Prima recorded her daily activities, dreams, poems, travels, health, and other matters; calendars; books of phone messages; and other notebooks. Among the writings are multiple drafts of Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years and her long poem Loba. There are also drafts of lectures given by Di Prima, unpublished short works written by her, Memoirs of a Beatnik , and her unpublished book "Not Quite Buffalo Stew." There are also some published and unpublished works by other authors. Also included are periodicals, including poetry journals and zines collected by Di Prima; printed fliers, programs, catalogs, and other items related to poetry events and educational opportunities; handwritten notes on various topics; materials from conferences Di Prima attended; financial materials; and drawings and artwork. Photographic materials include photograph albums; photographic prints; and slides of Diane Di Prima, her family, and her travels across the United States. Moving image materials are primarily recordings of readings of Di Prima's poems and interviews conducted with her. Audio materials are recordings of classes taught by Di Prima and recordings of readings of her poetry. |
| Creator | Di Prima, Diane. |
| Language | English |
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Biographical Information
Diane Di Prima was born on 6 August 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended Swarthmore College, but dropped out in 1953 to move to Manhattan and become a writer. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she joined the emerging Beat movement. She was the editor of the newsletter The Floating Bear with LeRoi Jones, 1961-1969. In 1966, she moved to Millbrook, N.Y., to live in Timothy Leary's community. She moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1968. In California, she taught at such institutions as the New College of California and the California College of Arts and Crafts. She also taught at Naropa University, specifically in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Her works include her fictionalized memoir Memoirs of a Beatnik (1968), the long poem Loba (1998), and the book Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years (2001), as well as many other short and long pieces, chiefly poems.
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Scope and Content
The collection contains the correspondence, writings, notebooks, printed materials and notes, audio-visual material, and other items of Diane Di Prima. Correspondents include Di Prima's friends, family, students, editors, and publishers. Among the letters is an undated postcard from Ezra Pound. Topics include Di Prima's writings, comments on works submitted for editing by Di Prima, family activities, and Di Prima's health, among other matters. There are also notebooks in which Di Prima recorded her daily activities, dreams, poems, travels, health, and other matters; calendars; books of phone messages; and other notebooks. Among the writings are multiple drafts of Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years and her long poem Loba. There are also drafts of lectures given by Di Prima, unpublished short works written by her, Memoirs of a Beatnik, and her unpublished book "Not Quite Buffalo Stew." There are also some published and unpublished works by other authors. Also included are periodicals, including poetry journals and zines collected by Di Prima; printed fliers, programs, catalogs, and other items related to poetry events and educational opportunities; handwritten notes on various topics; materials from conferences Di Prima attended; financial materials; and drawings and artwork. Photographic materials include photograph albums; photographic prints; and slides of Diane Di Prima, her family, and her travels across the United States. Moving image materials are primarily recordings of readings of Di Prima's poems and interviews conducted with her. Audio materials are recordings of classes taught by Di Prima and recordings of readings of her poetry.
Note that this finding aid represents an initial sort of the collection for the purpose of making the materials available for research. Because of this and because of the nature of the materials, there may be considerable overlap among the types and topics of materials in each series. Researchers are, therefore, advised to review all series for materials of possible interest.
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Series 1. Correspondence and Related Materials, 1962-2008.
Correspondents include Diane Di Prima's friends, family, students, editors, and publishers. Topics include Di Prima's writings, comments on works submitted for editing by Di Prima, family activities, and Di Prima's health, among other matters. Correspondence is primarily incoming though in many cases there are copies of Di Prima's outgoing letters. Extensive, original correspondence from Di Prima can be found in the files for Dominique Di Prima, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Maude Meehan, and Robert Wilson. There is also a brief postcard from Ezra Pound posted from Washington, D.C. possibly dated September 1955.
Note that correspondence relating to particular writings may be filed with those writings in Series 3.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by correspondent. Where a last name could not be determined, correspondence is filed by the first letter of the first name. Unidentified correspondents, form letters and mailings from Diane Di Prima, notes and other materials generated by her and collected with correspondence are filed after the alphabetic run. Correspondence between Diane Di Prima and her children is filed in two places: when a recipient could be determined the correspondence is filed by the correspondent's name in the alphabetic run, when the recipient(s) are unidentified, the correspondence is filed after the alphabetic run.
Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004 unless otherwise indicated.
Processing information: The arrangement of the correspondence as it was received at the repository in 2004 is unknown. Groups of letters from Diane Di Prima to Domnique Di Prima, to Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and to Maude Meehan were purchased by the repository from 2005 to 2008. In 2010, the 2004 acquistion and the subsequent 2005-2008 aquisitions were arranged into loose chronological order. During fall and winter of 2016, all extant correspondence was rearranged into alphabetical order by correspondent. Two additional purchases of letters from Di Prima to Robert Wilson, acquired in 2014 and 2015, were incorporated into the existing Robert Wilson correspondence file.
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Series 2. Notebooks, 1955-2002.
Arrangement: chronological.
Notebooks in which Diane Di Prima recorded her daily activities, dreams, poems, travels, health, and other matters. Around 1992, Di Prima began keeping a separate notebook for poetry and another notebook as a daily journal, which she called "Morning Pages." There are also calendars, books of phone messages, and other notebooks.
Original notebook titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 2.1. Notebooks, 1955-1990.
Acquisition information: folders 559b-563 were received as the Addition of September 1965; folders 568-650 were received as the Addition of April 2004
Arrangement: chronological.
Notebooks, 1955-1964, record such items as daily (hourly) schedule, marketing lists, domestic events, addresses, book titles, petty accounts and debts. Di Prima also recorded personal thoughts about herself and her intimates, bits of poems, descriptions of scenes, fragmentary observations, and whatever words and phrases streamed into her mind. The enclosures are loose pages containing more of the same.
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Subseries 2.2. Poetry Notebooks, 1992-2002.
Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Subseries 2.3. Morning Pages, 1993-2000.
Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004.
Arrangement: chronological.
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Subseries 2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998.
Folder 694-712
Folder 694Folder 695Folder 696Folder 697Folder 698Folder 699Folder 700Folder 701Folder 702Folder 703Folder 704Folder 705Folder 706Folder 707Folder 708Folder 709Folder 710Folder 711Folder 712 |
Calendars, 1976-1998 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 694-712 |
Folder 713-734
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Phone messages, 1984-1998 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 713-734 |
| Folder 735a |
Engagement calendars, 9 November 1970-16 August 1971, 1974 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 735aAcquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Di Prima recorded work, literary activity, readings by her and others, travel, social activities, parenting responsibilities, and some remarks about her emotional and physical condition. |
| Folder 735b |
Zazen, 1 January 1969-2 March 1969 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 735bAcquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Di Prima recorded her practice of "zazen", a meditative record of morning meditations of a practicing Zen Buddhist, as well as conventional diary entries about people, including Alan S. Marlowe, chores, emotional and physical states, literary moments, and perceptions. |
| Folder 736 |
"Structures of Magic and Techniques of Visioning," 23 October 1978 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 736Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. "Transcription of the tape recording of the class taught by Di Prima, in her own hand, commencing with an introductory lecture on the subject matter for study: the structure of the Tarot and the Tree of Life and how they have been fitted together over the last 25 years by various people in the Golden Dawn and other groups." (From dealer's description.) |
| Folder 737 |
Journal-Collage book notes, 1987 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 737 |
| Folder 738 |
Journal-Collage book notes, 1988 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 738 |
| Folder 739 |
"Road 1989/Taos and Naropa" #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 739Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Small notebook with 30 pages of manuscript poems and impressions of various poetry readings Di Prima attended while she was visiting Naropa. There are approximately 30 additional pages of addresses, directions, and financial renderings. |
| Folder 740 |
Artist's Way workbook, 1993-1994 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 740 |
| Folder 741 |
Unfinished business, 1990 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 741 |
| Folder 742 |
Medical record, 1994 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 742Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. |
| Folder 743 |
Notebook, 7 September 1994-1 February 1995 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 743Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. |
| Folder 744 |
"Tarot Notes" #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 744Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Black bound binder of 50 manuscript pages of notes Di Prima made about the Tarot deck, a few charts and diagrams of hers comparing the Tarot to Buddhism. |
Folder 745-746
Folder 745Folder 746 |
Address books #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 745-746 |
| Folder 747 |
Cosmic Window personal calendar, February 2002-January 2003 #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 747 |
| Folder 748 |
Notebook, undated #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 748 |
| Folder 749 |
Sketch book #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 749Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Eight pages have drawings in ink or pencil; 3 pages bear a long poem in holograph, black ink; 1 page has notes on Jess Collins' show, which included paintings that portrayed people with whom she had been involved; several other pages have ordinary notes. Enclosures include a draft of a letter to an unnamed lover and outlines of domestic problems and intended resolutions. |
| Folder 750 |
Notebook, undated #12002, Subseries: "2.4. Other Notebooks, 1976-1998." Folder 750 |
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Series 3. Writings.
Chiefly drafts of works by Diane Di Prima, as well as drafts of works by other authors. Included are drafts of Recollections of My Life as a Woman (published in abbreviated form under the title Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years ) and her long poem Loba. There are also drafts of lectures given by Di Prima, unpublished short works written by her, Memoirs of a Beatnik , and her unpublished book "Not Quite Buffalo Stew." There are also some published and unpublished works by other authors. Note that correspondence and other materials relating to particular writings is also included.
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Subseries 3.1. Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years,
1992-2000.
Original file titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 3.2. Loba.
Contains primarily drafts of Loba, a long poem. Drafts usually bear corrections and edits made by unknown people.
Original file titles have, for the most part, been retained.
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Subseries 3.3. Lectures.
Drafts of lectures given by Diane Di Prima. Included are drafts of the Olson Lectures, a lecture given at the Naropa Institute, a lecture at the Minneapolis Jung Institute, and a lecture given at the American Italian Historical Association Conference.
Folder 751-753
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First draft of the Olson Lectures #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." Folder 751-753Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. |
| Floppy Disc FLD-12002/14 |
Draft of Olson Lectures #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." FLD-12002/14Storage media was inaccessible in May 2018. If you would like to inquire about this item, please email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. |
| Folder 754 |
Draft of a lecture given at the Naropa Institute #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." Folder 754 |
| Folder 755 |
Notes for a lecture on angels given at the Minneapolis Jung Institute, September 1979 #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." Folder 755Acquisition information: Addition of May 2006. The notes present Di Prima's definitions and usage of certain traditional terms in thought, Eastern religions, and psychology, such as flow, Law of Correspondence, soul, means, and imagination; the Tarot, active intelligence, archetype, and realm of light. |
Folder 756-757
Folder 756Folder 757 |
Draft of a lecture at the American Italian Historical Association Conference, 11 November 1994 #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." Folder 756-757 |
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Other lectures #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." FLD-12002/15Storage media was inaccessible in May 2018. If you would like to inquire about this item, please email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. |
| Floppy Disc FLD-12002/16 |
Other lectures #12002, Subseries: "3.3. Lectures." FLD-12002/16Storage media was inaccessible in May 2018. If you would like to inquire about this item, please email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. |
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Subseries 3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Drafts of unpublished short works written by Diane Di Prima; drafts of Memoirs of a Beatnik, and drafts of her unpublished book "Not Quite Buffalo Stew."
Folder 831-832
Folder 831Folder 832 |
"The Boy Who Made Songs" #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 831-832Acquisition information: Addition of 1968. Fairy tale. Manuscript mostly typed, on brittle, disintegrating yellow paper, 41 pages and 42 pages. No date. |
| Folder 1078 |
"A Ceremony for Fred Herko," 1964 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1078Acquisition information: Addition of January 2016. 3 leaves, printed on rectos only. First edition. Memorial service program for Fred Herko, a dancer and close friend of Di Prima who committed suicide in 1964. Memorial service participants included DiPrima, Frank O'Hara, Leroi Jones, and others. |
| Folder 833 |
Chummy, Chummy #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 833 |
| Folder 834 |
"Conversations", 1956-1957 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 834Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. |
| Folder 835 |
"The Evolution of Landscape" #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 835 |
| Folder 1082 |
"For You: Poems, 1957-1959" #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1082Acquisition information: Addition of November 2011. Inscribed by Diane DiPrima, "Typescript of an abandoned book project -- some of these used in Earthsong." |
| Folder 1080 |
"Fun with Forms: A Few Recent Poems", 2001 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1080Acquisition information: Addition of January 2016. 25 sheets, printed on rectos only, including watercolor cover title and final colophon leaf. In 3-hole commercial binder. Number 12 of 25 copies "printed on the desktop for a few friends." Inscribed on title page. |
Folder 836-837
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Memoirs of a Beatnik #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 836-837 |
| Floppy Disc FLD-12002/17 |
Memoirs of a Beatnik #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." FLD-12002/17Storage media was inaccessible in May 2018. If you would like to inquire about this item, please email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. |
| Folder 838 |
"Murder Cake" #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 838 |
| Folder 1083 |
"Murder Cake" #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1083 |
| Folder 1084 |
"Murder Cake," 1964 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1084Acquisition information: Addition of January 2016. Mimeograph master typescript, inked in purple, with several autograph corrections. 8 leaves. DiPrima was a founding member of the American Theatre for Poets in Greenwich Village, along with Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Frank O'Hara, and others. Her one-act play premiered 14 February 1964, at the New Bowery Theater. |
Folder 839-841
Folder 839Folder 840Folder 841 |
"Not Quite Buffalo Stew" #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 839-841 |
| Folder 1079 |
Poetry International '76, 1976 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1079Acquisition information: Addition of January 2016. 28 pages. Rotterdam: Poetry International, 1976. English text followed by Dutch translation by Bob den Uyl. First edition of these translations. Cover signed by DiPrima. |
| Folder 842 |
Poetry Road #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 842 |
| Folder 1081 |
Six poems, 1976 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1081Acquisition information: Addition of November 2011. Signed by DiPrima. |
| Folder 843 |
Spring and Autumn Annals #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 843Acquisition information: Addition of October 1971. A rough typed draft, with manuscript revisions, of Diane Di Prima, which she has labeled "Spring and Autumn Annals--A Celebration of the Seasons--for Freddie (b. Feb. 23, 1936?/ d. Oct. 27, 1964) Oct. 1964-Oct. 1965." |
Folder 844-845
Folder 844Folder 845 |
Spring and Autumn Annals #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 844-845 |
| Folder 1076 |
Thanksgiving, 18 October 1974 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1076Acquisition information: Addition of January 2016. Corrected typescript, signed, of an essay proposing the transformation of Thanksgiving into a fast of reparation, "acknowledging our responsibility and debt to the North American continent and its native peoples." 4 pages on rectos of typing paper, with numerous corrections. Point Reyes, Calif. |
| Folder 846 |
Whale Honey #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 846Acquisition information: Addition of 1968. Mostly typed first draft of acts 1 and 2, about 19 pages. No date. |
Folder 847-848
Folder 847Folder 848 |
Whale Honey #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 847-848Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. 43 mechanically reproduced sheets. Stage manager's scripts and notes. Also included are three pages of a list for props and sixteen pages of notes for stage directions, together with another copy of Whale Honey belonging to the lighting director. This script is annotated with the directions for the lighting, as well as a few sheets listing some sound and other prop information. |
| Folder 1075 |
Whale Honey: Program notes, 1975 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 1075Acquisition information: Addition of January 2016. Includes brief biographical information on the playwright and the actors. 7 pages, including decorative upper cover. |
| Folder 1087 |
"A Xmas Present for Bob Wilson," 29 December 1967 #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 10874 pages on a single bifolium of stiff card. Includes an autograph poem, doodling, a note, and a watercolor, signed and dated by Di Prima. |
| Folder 849 |
Short works #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 849Acquisition information: Addition of October 1978. Xeroxes of "Hand Grenade," "Zipcode," "John's Words," "Bacchanale" for Debbie, "Freddie's Monologue," "Did He Go to Scarsdale," "Butterfly Spice," and "Humilities" for James Waring. The addition consists of the untitled poem "Scrubbed roaches....just before the 1st day of Spring." Manuscript notes and signed by Diane Di Prima. March 1959 |
| Folder 850 |
Miscellaneous writings, 1955-1966, and undated #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 850Acquisition information: Addition of 1968. "Humilities--for Jimmy Waring." Typed carbon, 3 pages. No date. "Precinct Sergeant Kennedy Walked..." Typed carbon, 10 pages. No date. "The Performance." 6 typed lines. March 1960. "Paracelsus." Introduction. First draft, partly typed, 17 pages. December 9-16, 1965. Second draft, typed, 12 pages. December 16, 1965. Diane Di Prima at the Ananda Ashram, Monroe, N.Y. 13 short poems, manuscript and typed pages, January 1966 (6), February 1966 (3), and no date (4). |
Folder 851-852
Folder 851Folder 852 |
Miscellaneous writings #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 851-852 |
| Folder 853 |
Book covers #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." Folder 853 |
| Floppy Disc FLD-12002/19 |
Other writings #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." FLD-12002/19 |
| Floppy Disc FLD-12002/20 |
Other writings #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." FLD-12002/20Storage media was inaccessible in May 2018. If you would like to inquire about this item, please email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. |
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Other writings #12002, Subseries: "3.4. Other Writings by Diane Di Prima." FLD-12002/21-25Storage media was inaccessible in May 2018. If you would like to inquire about this item, please email wilsonlibrary@unc.edu. |
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Subseries 3.5. Writings by Others.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Published and unpublished works by other authors. These works were sent to Diane Di Prima for her comment or as a part of an application package for one of her classes or workshops.
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Series 4. Periodicals, Printed Materials, Notes, and Other
Materials.
Periodicals, including poetry journals and zines collected by Di Prima; printed fliers, programs, catalogs, and other items related to poetry events and educational opportunities; handwritten notes on various topics; materials from conferences Di Prima attended; financial materials; and drawings and artwork.
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Subseries 4.1. Periodicals.
Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Primarily poetry journals and poetry zines collected by Diane Di Prima. There are only one or two issues for most titles.
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Subseries 4.2. Printed Materials.
Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004.
Primarily fliers, programs, catalogs, and other printed material related to poetry events and education.
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Subseries 4.3. Other Materials.
Other materials collected by Diane Di Prima. Included are handwritten notes, materials from conferences she attended, financial materials, and drawings and artwork, among other items.
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Series 5. Audio-Visual Materials.
Photographic material, moving image material, and audio material related to the life and career of Diane Di Prima. Photographic materials include photograph albums; photographic prints; and slides of Diane Di Prima, her family, and her travels across the United States. Moving image materials are primarily recordings of readings of Di Prima's poems and interviews conducted with her. Audio materials are recordings of classes taught by Di Prima and recordings of readings of her poetry.
When possible, original unit titles have been retained.
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Subseries 5.1. Photographs and Slides.
Chiefly snapshots of Diane Di Prima, her family, and friends, taken in New York, California, New Mexico, Colorado, and other locations. Outdoor scenes, holidays, a peace march, sheep shearing, LSD camp, and other activities are depicted.
| Photograph Album PA-12002/1 |
"Travel Photos, 1967" #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PA-12002/1Black-and-white photographic prints, color photographic prints. Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. "This Photograph Album is a record of December 1965 August 1967 Alan S. Marlowe" Photographs depict Di Prima's travels, frequently by Volkswagen bus with family, across the country to visit friends: Monroe, N.Y., Kerhonkson, N.Y.; Bill Haines altar in Millbrook, N.Y.; Diane and Bob Wilson at the Phoenix Bookstore; Detroit; Gilpin Colorado with Jane and Stan Brakhage; Pocatella, Idaho; Yasodhara Ashram, Kootenay Bay, B.C.; Bandon by the Sea, Ore.; San Francisco, Calif.; Kirby Doyle's house Big Sur, Calif.; Topanga, Calif.; Shirley Berman; Wallace Berman; George Herms; Yarek and Mary Vonne; San Francisco Peace March, 15 April 1967; Maria Rolling, Hollywood, Calif.; Flo Ferguson, Malibu, Calif.; sheep shearing at DeWitt Ranch, Raymond, Calif.; Yosemite, Calif.; Hoover Dam, Nev.; Swiggarts house, Taos, N.M.; May Finstein's house, Santa Fe, N.M.; Drop City Trinidad, Colo.; John Goodwin, The Blue Voyage, Santa Fe, N.M.; Claude J.K. Anderson, Lady Dorothy Bret, Taos, N.M.; Sundance, Ignacio, Colo.; Glouschester, Mass.; Bobby Creely; Gerritt Lansing; Ed de Grazia; LSD camp; Timothy Leary; Rosemary Woodroff; Allen Atwell; Sue Firestone; Jacky Leary; Ed May; and others. |
| Photograph Album PA-12002/2 |
1971-1974 #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PA-12002/2Slides. Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. Di Prima's slide labels include: Jimmy's pad, Bret's, Garage, Aunt Ella's, Flamingo Park, Miami, San Francisco Art Show, Subway, Salt River Day School, John Dodd's, Sauk Centre, Theodore Roosevelt School, New York City, Page Street, John McD's, Herm and Elephant, Women, Totem Park, Brooklyn, Stow Lake, Richard Felger's house, Albright-Knox, Lama Kunga's, Frances Forrister, Easter, Joan De Loach, Josie at Ed's, Bobbie Creeley, Leta Laborde, Judy Mayhan, Karen Hargreaves. |
| Photograph Album PA-12002/3 |
1972-1974 #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PA-12002/3Slides. Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. Family pictures. |
| Photograph Album PA-12002/4 |
1973 #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PA-12002/4Slides. Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. Easter celebrated at Green Gulch Farm. |
| Photograph Album PA-12002/5 |
"Kids, 1974" #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PA-12002/5Black-and-white photographic prints, color photographic prints. Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004 |
| Photograph Album PA-12002/6 |
"Mark of the Vampire, January 1975" #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PA-12002/6Black-and-white photographic prints, color photographic prints. Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004 Photographs by N. Solomon. Photographs taken throughout 1975 depict family, Jim White, Civic Center reading, Whale Honey at Dance Palace, Whale Honey in Los Angeles, Calif., and Limantour Beach. |
| Image Folder PF-12002/1 |
Photographs of Diane Di Prima #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PF-12002/1Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. |
| Image Folder PF-12002/2 |
Other photographs #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." PF-12002/2Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004. |
| Oversize Image Folder OP-P-12002/1 |
Portrait #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." OP-P-12002/1Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Photograph of Diane Di Prima by Art Roy, 1978. Di Prima seated at a desk in Point Reyes, Calif. |
| Oversize Image Folder OP-P-12002/2 |
Portrait #12002, Subseries: "5.1. Photographs and Slides." OP-P-12002/2Acquisition information: Addition of July 2003. Photograph of Diane Di Prima in flower-printed dress by Chris Felver, 1981. Signed by Di Prima on front and by Felver on verso. |
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Subseries 5.2. Moving Image Materials, 1995-2003.
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Subseries 5.3. Audio Materials.
Primarily contains recordings of classes taught by Diane Di Prima. Also contains recordings of readings of her poetry.
NOTE: The Hidden Religions audio materials were transferred from the Beats 32 collection in September 2016. The Summer Lecture Series of the Poetics Program of the New College of California audio materials were transferred from the Beats 33 collection in September 2016.
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Series 6. Closed Materials.
Acquisition information: Addition of April 2004.
Primarily materials with student information from Diane Di Prima's teaching at the New College of California, as well as tax forms, contracts, and other materials containing restricted information.
Series 6 is closed until 2061.
Folder 1031-1074
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Closed materials #12002, Series: "6. Closed Materials." Folder 1031-1074 |
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Finding aid updated for digital processing by Jessica Venlet and Laura Smith, May 2018.
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